Hardback, 225mm x 147mm brown marbled card boards over brown cloth spine, gilt titles, first thus, 158pp. Black and white illustrations. Illustrations by Richard Shirley Smith. Near Fine/NoWrapper. Book is not new but no obvious impefections in very good brown slipcase. Edited by John Hampden, this is a FS collection of early articles from the Spectator by its founders, with wood engravings by Smith. Catalogue: Folio Society. Keywords: Spectator, Addison, Coverly View more info

Hardback, 227mm x 139mm pink cloth boards, gilt titles, first thus, 239pp. Black and white illustrations. Illustrations by Jane Johnson. Very Good/NoWrapper. Book has been read, single tiny ink mark to right block edge, just a little wear to fabric of cloth covers. Translated and Introduced by Duff, this is a classic Russian novel first published in 1846. Catalogue: Folio Society. Keywords: Russia, Aksakov, Bagroff View more info

Hardback, 25cm x 16xcm green and orange decorated cloth boards over cloth spine, gilt titles, first edition, 208pp. Colour illustrations.Near Fine/NoWrapper. Book is near fine in very good cream slipcase. Original FS publication which presents highlights from the famous 15th century correspondence of a well-to-do Norfolk family, with illustrations from the contemporary Devonshire Hunting Tapestries. Catalogue: Folio Society. Keywords: Paston, Norfolk, Roses View more info

Hardback, 8vo black cloth boards, gilt titles, first thus, 271pp. Black and white illustrations. Very Good/NoWrapper. Block not 100% tight. Small stain to opening page of "Introduction" - no slipcase. Folio Society edition of the memoirs of a high-born 19th century Englishman, from his days as an officer in the Napoleonic Wars, to his life of ease as an expatriate in Paris. Catalogue: Folio Society. Keywords: Gronow, Peninsular, Paris View more info

Hardback, 252mm x 160mm decorated boards, gilt titles, first thus, viii prelims, 262+pp. plus index, Black and white illustrations. Very Good/NoWrapper. Book has just one faint mark to coloured top block edge, else clean and tight in buff card slipcase. Illustrated FS presentation of a French officer's eye-witness account of Napoleon's ill-fated Russia campaign, in the 1926 English translation of J.W. Fortescue, with a new Introduction by Vincent Cronin. Catalogue: ... View more info

Hardback, 8vo blue half-binding/decorated boards , 275pp. Black and white illustrations. Near Fine/NoWrapper. In a very good but mis-matched slip-case. No jacket called for. Edited and introduced by Christopher Hibbert. Catalogue: Folio Society. View more info

Hardback, 228mm x 146mm dark blue cloth boards, silver gilt titles, first edition, 140+pp. Colour illustrations. Illustrations by Emma Chichester Clark. Near Fine/NoWrapper. Owners inscription. Book is near fine save for inscription on front endpaper in very good cream slipcase. Lovely FS collection of extracts from the autobiographical writings of Constant, edited and translated by Hofstander with six striking illustrations by Clark in full colour. Catalogue: Folio S... View more info

Hardback, 227mm x 146mm marbled card boards over maroon cloth spine, gilt titles, first thus, 235pp. Black and white illustrations. Illustrations by Sarah van Niekerk. Near Fine/NoWrapper. Owners inscription. Book is near fine in maroon slipcase which has just a little wear and a single small mark to front. Smart FS selection from Crevecoeur's Letters and Sketches, edited and introduced by Cunliffe, which reveal much of on-the-ground conditions (and emotions) duri... View more info

Hardback, 223mm x 143mm cream and maroon quarter leather binding, gilt titles, first thus, 154pp. Black and white illustrations. Illustrations by John Lawrence. Good +++/NoWrapper. No d/w or slipcase. Book has been read, some scuffing to leather spine. FS edition of a 17th century account of the 16th century clash between the Araucanian people of Chile and the Spanish conquistadores. Translated form the Spanish by William C Atkinson, with vinyl-cuts by Lawrence, Bas... View more info

Hardback, 221mm x 142mm blue decorated boards, gilt titles, first thus, 205pp. Black and white illustrations. Illustrations by Dodie Masterman. Very Good/NoWrapper. Owners inscription. Book is near fine save for inscription on dedication page. Blue slipcase has signs of wear and fading around entry. Translated and Introduced by J M Cohen, this is an attractive FS edition of La Celestina, with its popular English title. This masterpiece of 17th century Spanish prose... View more info

Hardback, 221mm x 142 blue decorated cloth boards, gilt titles, first thus, 205+pp. Black and white illustrations. Illustrations by Dodie Masterman. Near Fine/NoWrapper. Book is near fine in blue slipcase which has just a little fading at edges. Translated and Introduced by J M Cohen, this is an attractive FS edition of La Celestina, with its popular English title. This masterpiece of 17th century Spanish prose is illustrated with aquantints by Masterman. Catalogue:... View more info

Hardback, 226mm x 145mm red decorated cloth boards, gilt titles, first thus, xi prelims, 330pp. Black and white illustrations. Illustrations by Nigel Lambourne. Good +++/NoWrapper. Book is not new but still very good condition apart from fading of spine. Some light discolouring to endpapers, Grey slipcase ais a little bumped with small marks to rear. FS edition of Defoe's evergreen tale of "The Fortunes & Misfortunes Of The Famous Moll Flanders. Who Was Born In ... View more info

Hardback, 216mm x 162mm decorated card boards over green cloth spine, gilt titles, first thus, xv prelims, 239pp. Colour illustrations. Illustrations by Ian Beck. Near Fine/NoWrapper. Book is near fine in very good green slipcase - just a little evidence of handling of latter. First published in the US in 1949, this is Fisher's witty A-Z of culinary pleasure, here presented in a lovely FS edition with colour illustrations by Beck, introduced by Levy. Catalogue: Folio... View more info

Hardback, 21cm x 14cm brown and buff quarter leather binding, gilt titles, first thus, 200+pp. Black and white illustrations. Very Good/NoWrapper. Book is tight and clean with no obvious imperfections, with leather and wood veneer exterior especially attractive. In light brown slipcase which has minimal bumping and evidence of handling. Lovely FS selection from the writings of John Bunyan and Agnes Beaumont, edited and introduced by Furlong. Catalogue: Folio Society. ... View more info

Hardback, 248mm x 186mm decorated boards, 174+pp. Black and white illustrations. Photographic illustrations. Very Good/NoWrapper. Book is very good in very good buff slipcase. Just a little scuffing at bottom corners. FS edition of Hillaby's classic 1968 tour of Britain. Catalogue: Folio Society. Keywords: Britain, Hillaby, history View more info